
A Vintage Kabul Cinema Finally Falls to Taliban Bulldozers
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTA movie theater that bore witness to Afghanistans modern history from the cosmopolitan vibrancy of the 1960s to the silencing and repression that followed not one but two Taliban takeovers has been razed to make way for a shopping mall.The Ariana Cinema in Kabul, the capital, had remained closed, save for occasional propaganda movies, since 2021, when the Taliban swept back to power. And yet it stood as a landmark in the citys center, a reminder of art, culture and pleasure for many Afghans.A bulldozer started dismantling the building last week.











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